Dying at Home
Can Families Cope
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13630224 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Virginia H Hine (Coordinator of Adult Programs, Rites of Passage, Novaro, California, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 175-187 |
| Publication date | 1980-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2190/kjjt-leea-ufp1-2mbp |
| OpenAlex | W1983786171 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
Surveys indicate that most people say they would like to die at home. With the increase in professional and popular acceptance of exploration into the needs of the dying, there is increasing interest in the practicability of families taking loved persons home to die. This article examines five considerations involved in the decision for a home death: (1) sources of the moral support necessary for the family to take the responsibility, (2) the kinds of professional aid available on a part-time basis, (3) the kinds of special equipment necessary, (4) ease with which family members can acquire the necessary nursing skills, and (5) certain basic information which used to be common knowledge until hospital deaths became the norm - how to tell when death is imminent, what actually happens at the moment of death, and what to do with a body after the death
Good death · Norm (philosophy · Nursing homes · Palliative care · Political science · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Organ Donation and Transplantation · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 1986 - 1987 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |